Sri Lanka Suggest to host Asia Cup 2023, Sad PCB refuses to play ODI sequence towards Sri Lanka: Stories: Following the most recent developments, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appears to be disgruntled with Sri Lankan Cricket Board (SLC) after the latter proposed to host the Asia Cup 2023 on their very own soil amid the continued brawl between PCB and BCCI. As per the experiences, PCB has retaliated harshly towards Sri Lanka with a few penalties.
For a quick historical past to the matter, the PCB had been awarded unique internet hosting rights for the Asia Cup 2023 final 12 months. Nonetheless, later, Jay Shah, the BCCI secretary and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Chief, asserted that the Indian facet gained’t journey to Pakistan for the Asia Cup 2023 matches due to the apparent causes of terror and risk. He additional talked about that staff India will solely participate within the event whether it is shifted to a impartial venue.
In response to Shah’s assertion of not letting Males in Blue journey to Pakistan, the then-PCB chief Ramiz Raza threatened BCCI of not collaborating within the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in India, later this 12 months.
Since then, cricket specialists from India and Pakistan have exchanged their views on the difficulty. Whereas the Indians remained agency about not travelling to Pakistan, the Pakistanis, on the opposite facet, have put of their efforts to persuade India to go to their nation.
In the meantime, current experiences counsel that PCB isn’t proud of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) taking Indian Cricket Board’s facet on the difficulty of Asia Cup 2023 and subsequently proposing to host the whole event.
Pakistan retaliated to Sri Lanka’s proposal by turning down Sri Lanka’s proposal to play just a few One Day Worldwide (ODI) video games when Pakistan visits Sri Lanka, later in July this 12 months, to play two-match check sequence.
“An instance of the more and more strained relations between the 2 boards emerged after the PCB turned down a proposal by the Lankans to play just a few One-Day Worldwide matches subsequent month in Sri Lanka,” a PCB supply was quoted as saying within the PTI report.
Pakistan has made each effort to push its case to persuade Asian Cricket Council (ACC) to host at the very least just a few Asia Cup 2023 matches on their soil earlier than it strikes away to the impartial venue.
“It’s a clear indication that the PCB isn’t proud of the Sri Lankan board stepping in to supply to host the Asia Cup in September when it’s Pakistan’s flip to host the regional occasion at residence,” the supply added.
This 12 months’s Asia Cup is scheduled to start on September 2 with Sri Lanka and Afghanistan taking part in the event opener. The six-team occasion is to be performed within the ODI format within the wake of the upcoming ODI World Cup 2023. The continental event is all set, nonetheless, the venues are nonetheless not confirmed regardless of a number of rounds of conferences prior to now few months.
Earlier it was reported that each one the Asia Cup 2023 matches involving India can be held in a impartial venue, probably UAE or Sri Lanka, whereas the remaining matches of different collaborating groups can be staged in Pakistan itself. Nonetheless, this technique turned out to be exhausting and inefficient.
It stays to be seen, what unfolds subsequent within the quarrel between BCCI and PCB. Whether or not PCB agrees to host the Asia Cup 2023 in a impartial venue or it by some means manages to carry it to its personal soil, can be attention-grabbing to see.
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